![JACKSON, Andrew. Autograph letter signed ("Andrew Jackson," with initialed postscript) to General Samuel J. Hays, Hermitage, 16 June 1839. 3 pages, 4to., address panel on page 4, slight browning, otherwise in excellent condition. [With:] JACKSON. Autograph free frank signature "Free Andrew Jackson," on page 4, circular postmark in blue ink.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2012/NYR/2012_NYR_02607_0046_001(jackson_andrew_autograph_letter_signed_to_general_samuel_j_hays_hermit_d5636285102632).jpg?w=1)
![JACKSON, Andrew. Autograph letter signed ("Andrew Jackson," with initialed postscript) to General Samuel J. Hays, Hermitage, 16 June 1839. 3 pages, 4to., address panel on page 4, slight browning, otherwise in excellent condition. [With:] JACKSON. Autograph free frank signature "Free Andrew Jackson," on page 4, circular postmark in blue ink.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2012/NYR/2012_NYR_02607_0046_000(jackson_andrew_autograph_letter_signed_to_general_samuel_j_hays_hermit_d5636285102728).jpg?w=1)
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JACKSON, Andrew. Autograph letter signed ("Andrew Jackson," with initialed postscript) to General Samuel J. Hays, Hermitage, 16 June 1839. 3 pages, 4to., address panel on page 4, slight browning, otherwise in excellent condition. [With:] JACKSON. Autograph free frank signature "Free Andrew Jackson," on page 4, circular postmark in blue ink.
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JACKSON, Andrew. Autograph letter signed ("Andrew Jackson," with initialed postscript) to General Samuel J. Hays, Hermitage, 16 June 1839. 3 pages, 4to., address panel on page 4, slight browning, otherwise in excellent condition. [With:] JACKSON. Autograph free frank signature "Free Andrew Jackson," on page 4, circular postmark in blue ink.
JACKSON LAMBASTS "A HYPOTHETICAL SCAMP" "WITHOUT PRINCIPLE OR TALENTS" AND "A MERE TOOL" OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
A fine letter with a bitter election year denunciation of John Wesley Crockett (1808-1852) eldest son of the late, legendary frontiersman David Crockett (1786-1836), seeking re-election to a Tennessee congressional seat. Crockett senior had strongly opposed Jackson's Indian removal schemes and his withdrawal of federal funds from the Bank of the United States. In 1835 pro-Jackson forces had ousted him from Congress, pushing him to move to Texas where, in March 1836, he fell with the defenders of the Alamo. Jackson writes: "The democratic republican cause is brightening with us & in the eastern part of the state. Polk is sure of a majority in east Tennessee..." And, Jackson adds, in local races, "from all accounts I can get, Burton is gaining fast & will beat Bell" in a number of counties. He strongly warns Hays that "You must not permit that hypothetical scamp Crockett to be elected--he is the mere tool of [John] Bell & J.Q. Adams, without principle or talents & has become a good Whigg by learning the art of Lying & Slandering good & honest men. Virginia has done well, I received the returns last night...." Jackson also offers effusive congratulations to Hays for the recent dismissal of a lawsuit, instigated, Jackson is convinced, by "wretched...Whig sources." John Wesley Crockett had won election as a Democrat to his father's seat in the 25th Congress, to Jackson's annoyance and, in spite of Old Hickory's implacable enmity, won the seat again in the 26th Congress.
JACKSON LAMBASTS "A HYPOTHETICAL SCAMP" "WITHOUT PRINCIPLE OR TALENTS" AND "A MERE TOOL" OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
A fine letter with a bitter election year denunciation of John Wesley Crockett (1808-1852) eldest son of the late, legendary frontiersman David Crockett (1786-1836), seeking re-election to a Tennessee congressional seat. Crockett senior had strongly opposed Jackson's Indian removal schemes and his withdrawal of federal funds from the Bank of the United States. In 1835 pro-Jackson forces had ousted him from Congress, pushing him to move to Texas where, in March 1836, he fell with the defenders of the Alamo. Jackson writes: "The democratic republican cause is brightening with us & in the eastern part of the state. Polk is sure of a majority in east Tennessee..." And, Jackson adds, in local races, "from all accounts I can get, Burton is gaining fast & will beat Bell" in a number of counties. He strongly warns Hays that "You must not permit that hypothetical scamp Crockett to be elected--he is the mere tool of [John] Bell & J.Q. Adams, without principle or talents & has become a good Whigg by learning the art of Lying & Slandering good & honest men. Virginia has done well, I received the returns last night...." Jackson also offers effusive congratulations to Hays for the recent dismissal of a lawsuit, instigated, Jackson is convinced, by "wretched...Whig sources." John Wesley Crockett had won election as a Democrat to his father's seat in the 25th Congress, to Jackson's annoyance and, in spite of Old Hickory's implacable enmity, won the seat again in the 26th Congress.